Rantor, founding member of the International League of Luddites, headquartered in South Austin, Texas 78704, celebrates National Indignation Week every day of the year.

Sunday, April 03, 2005

Peaceful, mostly

Despite the footrace, the hovering helicopters were few, the loudspeakers were not heard, all was quiet. So we scotched the notion of running a bunch of errands in favor of enjoying the luxury. Then some creephead with a whining electric leafblower broke the silence, spending two hours on rounding up a few leaves that a rake, a broom, a dustpan, and a paper sack would have taken care of in five minutes. So to skip some of this gross intrusion there was a quick dash to KashKarry for some ground pork. The butcher was already grinding some for a woman who planned to make meatballs to go with pasta; ours was for meatloaf. It was even possible to get to the main library, the streets having opened sooner than it was reported that they would be.